45R's recent post (http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=57944) got me thinking about physical fitness. The posts on this forum are often related to the cool and fun stuff (gear, weapons training, BOBs, etc.). However, I haven't seen too many related to the mundane, but critical topic of physical fitness.
Does your preparedness planning and training include a regime to stay in shape? If so, what is your current fitness level and what do you do to maintain/improve this level? I think that being fit is one of the most practical and important things you can do to be prepared for real emergencies.
As an example, during the recent blackouts that plagued the Northeast, I know some folks who got stranded in the city or on a train and had to walk miles (and up and down dozens of flights of stairs) to get someplace safe and comfortable. IIRC, one of the few fatalaties in NY city from that event was a person who had a heart attack climbing stairs.
Also, during 9/11, I know a couple of people (one was taking a day-trading class, the other works for one of the large firms in the area) who were down in the financial district of NY when the attacks took place. After the collapse of the towers they had to walk from near the bottom of Manhattan to somewhere in the Bronx (something like dozen or more miles?) to get eventually get transportation out of the city and back north their homes.
For my part, I have started running again and have incorporated a semi-regular routine of calesthenics (mostly just push ups and sit ups/leg lifts) into my daily schedule. My goal is to lose some of my mass (I'm not too heavy, but DEFINITELY not slim) and increase my fitness level a bit.
IrvJr
Does your preparedness planning and training include a regime to stay in shape? If so, what is your current fitness level and what do you do to maintain/improve this level? I think that being fit is one of the most practical and important things you can do to be prepared for real emergencies.
As an example, during the recent blackouts that plagued the Northeast, I know some folks who got stranded in the city or on a train and had to walk miles (and up and down dozens of flights of stairs) to get someplace safe and comfortable. IIRC, one of the few fatalaties in NY city from that event was a person who had a heart attack climbing stairs.
Also, during 9/11, I know a couple of people (one was taking a day-trading class, the other works for one of the large firms in the area) who were down in the financial district of NY when the attacks took place. After the collapse of the towers they had to walk from near the bottom of Manhattan to somewhere in the Bronx (something like dozen or more miles?) to get eventually get transportation out of the city and back north their homes.
For my part, I have started running again and have incorporated a semi-regular routine of calesthenics (mostly just push ups and sit ups/leg lifts) into my daily schedule. My goal is to lose some of my mass (I'm not too heavy, but DEFINITELY not slim) and increase my fitness level a bit.
IrvJr